Dark matter travelling through stars could produce potentially detectable shock waves
Dark matter, a hypothetical material that does not absorb, emit or reflect light, is thought to account for over 80…
Astronomy
What is a scattered disc
Scattered disc is a distant circumstellar disc in the Solar System that is sparsely populated by icy small solar system…
A New Trojan Asteroid Has Been Discovered Sharing Earth’s Orbit
Earth has officially been joined in its orbit around the Sun by a new trojan asteroid. Named 2020 XL5, this…
James Webb Space Telescope Reaches Its Destination in Huge Mission Milestone
The James Webb Space Telescope has fired its thrusters and reached its orbital destination around a million miles (1.5 million…
Chemical Composition Of Meteorites
Meteorites are the remains of space rocks that have fallen to Earths surface (a space rock still in space is…
Two Solar Flares Just Erupted on The Sun, Bringing Coronal Mass Ejections
After a series of eruptions on the Sun, Earth may be in for auroras over the next few days. A…
What is a Nuclear star cluster?
Nuclear star cluster (NSC) or compact stellar nucleus is a star cluster with high density and high luminosity near the…
“Eye of Sauron” star hosts rogue planet
The eye of Sauron is an exoplanet located 25 light years from Earth. Scientists calculate that the belt is larger than…
Focusing the Belt of Orion
I bet that at least once in your life you have raised your eyes to the sky attracted by that…
Sometimes perspective can play strange tricks
In this image, Titan (the orange satellite) appears to be much smaller than Dione (the gray moon). However, this is…